Romans 14:11
Good News Translation
For the scripture says, "As surely as I am the living God, says the Lord, everyone will kneel before me, and everyone will confess that I am God."

New Revised Standard Version
For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall give praise to God.”

Contemporary English Version
In the Scriptures God says, "I swear by my very life that everyone will kneel down and praise my name!"

New American Bible
for it is written: “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend before me, and every tongue shall give praise to God.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
For it is written: As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For it is written: As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to God.

As.

Numbers 14:21,28 As I live: and the whole earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord. . . .

Isaiah 49:18 Lift up thy eyes round about, and see all these are gathered together, they are come to thee: I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt be clothed with all these as with an ornament, and as a bride thou shalt put them about thee.

Jeremiah 22:24 As I live, saith the Lord, if Jechonias the son of Joakim the king of Juda were a ring on my right hand, I would pluck him thence.

Ezekiel 5:11 Therefore as I live, saith the Lord God: Because thou hast violated my sanctuary with all thy offences, and with all thy abominations: I will also break thee in pieces, and my eye shall not spare, and I will not have any pity.

Zephaniah 2:9 Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha, the dryness of thorns, and heaps of salt, and a desert even for ever: the remnant of my people shall make a spoil of them, and the residue of my nation shall possess them.

every knee.

Psalm 72:11 And all kings of the earth shall adore him: all nations shall serve him.

Isaiah 45:22-25 Be converted to me, and you shall be saved, all ye ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other. . . .

Philippians 2:10 That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth:

Revelation 5:14 And the four living creatures said: Amen. And the four and twenty ancients fell down on their faces and adored him that liveth for ever and ever.

confess.

Romans 10:9 For if thou confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in thy heart that God hath raised him up from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Romans 15:9 But that the Gentiles are to glorify God for his mercy, as it is written: Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles and will sing to thy name.

Matthew 10:32 Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.

1 John 4:15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.

2 John 1:7 For many seducers are gone out into the world who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a seducer and an antichrist.

Context
The Law of Liberty
10But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? Or thou, why dost thou despise thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11For it is written: As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to God. 12Therefore every one of us shall render account to God for himself.…
Cross References
Isaiah 45:23
I have sworn by myself, the word of justice shall go out of my mouth, and shall not return:

Philippians 2:10
That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth:

Romans 14:10
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